Also listed on Clairvoyante, Inc., an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.
Term ends Dec 3, 2026 · High confidence
20-year base term ended Apr 9, 2024
Held by Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
Filed Mar 9, 2007 as application 11/684,499 · Granted Jan 25, 2011
Base term plus 968 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2004
2026
Clock starts
Apr 9, 2004
Apr 9, 2004
Term ends
Dec 3, 2026
Dec 3, 2026
Granted
Jan 25, 2011
Jan 25, 2011
base term
patent term adjustment
fee events
Updated Nov 14, 2026 · includes USPTO assignment & status data published Nov 14, 2026 and grant & fee data published Nov 10, 2026 (weekly) · how we know
968
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
3 of 3
Maintenance fees paid
Three maintenance fees fall due, at 3.5, 7.5 and 11.5 years from grant. This counts the ones the record shows paid.
8
Family applications on record here
Applications sharing this one's continuity chain whose file history this site holds. The family may have others.
This patent's term runs 968 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. All three maintenance fees are recorded paid; no more fees are due. Confidence: High. from the record
How we calculated this date
One row per rule, each showing its own input and what it did to the date. A step we could not verify says so instead of resolving itself.
| Step | Input | Date after this step | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base term, 20 years from filing | Clock starts Apr 9, 2004, when application 10/821,388, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Mar 9, 2007) | Apr 9, 2024 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +968 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Dec 3, 2026 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | None on record | no cap applied | High confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 3 of 3 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Dec 3, 2026 | High confidence |
This family
| US 7,248,268 | Term ended Sep 2022 | Sep 2022 |
| Application PCT/US2005/010022 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 7,920,154 | Term ended Mar 2026 | Mar 2026 |
| US 7,876,341 | this patent Dec 2026 | Dec 2026 |
| US 8,018,476 | Term ended Jan 2026 | Jan 2026 |
| US 7,598,965 | Term ended no later than Apr 2024 | no later than Apr 2024 |
| Application PCT/US2008/056241 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| Application PCT/US2008/059916 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
The applications whose file history this site holds. The family may have others.
Assignments
Assignment documents as recorded at the USPTO, oldest first, with the reel and frame each was recorded at. A recorded assignment is a filed document, not a statement of current ownership, and the absence of a later one is not evidence that the last one still stands.
| Recorded | Assignor | Assignee | Conveyance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 23, 2007 Reel 19196, frame 296 | Credelle, Thomas Lloyd; Brown Elliott, Candice Hellen; Botzas, Anthony | Clairvoyante, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Mar 31, 2008 Reel 20723, frame 613 | Clairvoyante, Inc. | Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Sep 23, 2012 Reel 29009, frame 144 | Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. | Samsung Display Co., Ltd. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO
USPTO account required: This application in Patent Center · USPTO's maintenance fee lookup
Maintenance fee events come from USPTO's own fee records. Its fee lookup asks for the patent number and the application number.
What's changing
Dec 2026
Term ends Dec 3, 2026. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 968 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
102
later US patents cite this one
That is top 10% of utility patents granted in 2011 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
How we rank
Every date shows its work: the base term, any term adjustment or extension, any disclaimer cap, and the maintenance fee record, each with a confidence tier. How this record was built
Computed patent terms end on the dates shown. Related patents and pending applications may cover overlapping subject matter.
In force means the term is running and no lapse is on record. It is not a finding that the patent is valid.